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INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from these diseases including
all forms of Tuberculosis was 468—80 in Clapham, 52 in Putney,
72 in Balham, 74 in Streatham, 60 in Tooting, and 133 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 1.35 per
1,000—1.34 in Clapham, 1.53 in Putney, 1.36 in Balham, 1.10
in Streatham, 1.60 in Tooting, and 1.31 in Wandsworth.
The rate in 1924 was, 1.88; in 1925, 1.70; in 1926, 1.49;
in 1927, 1.68; in 1928, 1.35; in 1929, 2.14; in 1930, 2.26;
in 1931, 1.44; in 1932, 1.62; and in 1933, 1.75 per 1,000.
The rate is lower than in 1933 owing to the decrease in the
number of deaths from Influenza and Whooping Cough.
The rate from the principal infective diseases, viz.:—
Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever and Diarrhœa, was .34 per 1,000, compared with
.47 in 1924; .32 in 1925; .37 in 1926; .25 in 1927; .27 in 1928;
.36 in 1929; .35 in 1930; .18 in 1931; .44 in 1932; and .26
in 1933. The rate was .25 in Clapham, .32 in Putney, .47 in
Balham, .19 in Streatham, .45 in Tooting, and .41 in Wandsworth.
Table VIII. shows the number of cases of the notifiable
infective diseases reported, arranged in various age groups, and
Table IX. shows the same figures arranged in the sub-districts in
which they occurred.